Romney’s Gay Rights Stance Draws Ire

[jefferson_dem]

:popcorn: anyone?

Romney’s Gay Rights Stance Draws Ire
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — Gov. Mitt Romney, the Massachusetts Republican who has built a presidential campaign on a broad appeal for conservative support, is drawing sharply increased criticism from conservative activists for his advocacy of gay rights in a 1994 letter.

Mr. Romney’s standing among conservatives is being hurt by a letter he sent to the Log Cabin Club of Massachusetts saying that he would be a stronger advocate for gay rights than Senator Edward M. Kennedy, his opponent in a Senate race, in a position that stands in contrast to his current role as a champion of a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

“We must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,” Mr. Romney wrote in a detailed plea for the support of the club, a gay Republican organization.

The circulation of the letter by gay rights groups in recent weeks has set off a storm of outrage among social conservatives, and by Friday was looming as a serious complication to Mr. Romney’s hopes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/us/politics/09romney.html?hp&ex=1165726800&en=1b882f9a7cae6ec8&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[nickshepDEM]

1. He's done

[Mass]

2. LOL - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Romney is going to be killed by all the liberal positions he has taken to be elected in Massachusetts. What I never understood is how people here fell for that. It never rang true in the first place and the liberal Romney disappeared as soon as he was sworn into office.

[sallyseven]

4. But he was so cute and his hair

was so wonderful. Sometime Mass gets it wrong. It didn't take long for us to realize he was fake. Not his father's boy. I didn't vote for him I voted for Shannon. I think that people really got burned and it was another reason to vote for Patrick. He will do us proud.

[tanyev]

3. Darn them internets.

They make it so easy for anyone to research everything you have ever said, written, or done. That's a GOP nightmare.